Mr. Rosenstein added, “Nobody is directing us and nobody is going to direct us about which cases to pursue.” But even if developing headlines are not rippling through the department in real time — “I’ve made a point of telling my people they should not be monitoring the breaking news,” Mr. Rosenstein said — theRead More

Image copyright DES Image caption The map will help scientists understand what dark matter is made from Researchers have released the most accurate map ever produced of the dark matter in our Universe. The team surveyed more than 26 million galaxies in the largest study of its kind. The map will help scientists understand whatRead More

Robert Mueller, the special counsel overseeing the investigation into Russia’s cyberwar on America’s elections and Trump’s possible collusion, has impaneled a grand jury in Washington. The Wall Street Journal was first to report this news on Thursday.
The move means the probe is intensifying and could stretch “for months,” according to the WSJ.
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Rep. Francis Rooney (R-FL) says “no one could really believe that Mexicans were going to pay for a wall” and that Trump obviously used “wall” as a “metaphor for border security.” And now that the matter is settled, “it’s time to move on.”
But before we move on, please clear up something I’m confusedRead More

“We just want someone who can hit the ground running” is the common refrain for companies seeking to only consider senior-level job candidates. This is usually based on the premise that there just isn’t time to hire someone junior because they need on-boarding, training, and mentorship. That’s all true. You shouldn’t expect a junior hireRead More

Image copyright SWNS Image caption Ian Paterson has had his jail sentence increased from 15 to 20 years by Court of Appeal judges A breast surgeon who intentionally wounded his patients has had his 15-year jail term increased to 20 years. Ian Paterson, 59, who appeared at the Court of Appeal via video link, wasRead More

As the Republican primary season progressed, it became clear to Sessions and Bannon that Trump could be the vessel for their brand of Republicanism. Back in August 2015, Bannon emailed a friend, according to The Daily Beast, that while he felt good about other candidates like Ted Cruz, he was ready to pick Trump, becauseRead More

Image copyright NOAH SEELAM Image caption Heat and drought have a huge impact on India’s farmers Millions of people living in South Asia face a deadly threat from heat and humidity driven by global warming according to a new study. Most of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh will experience temperatures close to the limits of survivabilityRead More

Roshan Kumar is senior product manager at Redis Labs. Real-time streaming data ingest is a common requirement for many big data use cases. In fields like IoT, e-commerce, security, communications, entertainment, finance, and retail, where so much depends on timely and accurate data-driven decision making, real-time data collection and analysis are in fact core toRead More

Image copyright OHSU Image caption Pictures of the genetically modified embryos Scientists have, for the first time, successfully freed embryos of a piece of faulty DNA that causes deadly heart disease to run in families. It potentially opens the door to preventing 10,000 disorders that are passed down the generations. The US and South KoreanRead More